Boiler Instrumentation and Controls
Instrumentation and controls in a boiler plant encompass an enormous range of equipment from simple in the small industrial plant to the complex in the large utility station. Boiler Instrumentation Control is the control over the industrial boilers. It consists of several control loops to control various systems related to a boiler. The main control of boilers include combination control and feed water control. To do the various operations in control different hardware methods are used.
Virtually any boiler-old or new, industrial or utility can benefit from or several control system modifications available today either by introducing advanced control schemes adding to existing control schemes
INTRODUCTION
Instrumentation and controls in a boiler plant encompass an enormous range of equipment from simple industrial plant to the complex in the large utility station.
The boiler control system is the means by which the balance of energy & mass into and out of the boiler are achieved. Inputs are fuel, combustion air, atomizing air or steam &feed water. Of these, fuel is the major energy input. Combustion air is the major mass input, outputs are steam, flue gas, blowdown, radiation & soot blowing.
CONTROL LOOPS
Boiler control systems contain several variable with interaction occurring among the control loops for fuel, combustion air, & feedwater . The overall system generally can be treated as a series of basic control loops connected together. for safety purposes, fuel addition should be limited by the amount of combustion air and it may need minimum limiting for flame stability.
Combustion controls
Amounts of fuel and air must be carefully regulated to keep excess air within close tolerances-especially over the loads. This is critical to efficient boiler operation no matter what the unit size, type of fuel fired or control system used.
Feedwater control
Industrial boilers are subject to wide load variations and require quick responding control to maintain constant drum level. Multiple element feed water control can help faster and more accurate control response…
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